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I'm Timothy, and this is Learncraft Spanish.

Today we're learning the verb,

which means to say or to tell.

This is super exciting because this verb will let us start talking about saying things in Spanish.

And it'll also give us lots of opportunities to put basically all of our sentence templates entirely in Spanish

because this verb is strongly associated with both direct and indirect objects.

The infinitive is Desir, spelled D-E-C-I-R.

This can mean either to say or to tell.

For example, I want to say or to tell.

For example, I want to say it now.

I want to say now.

I want to tell her now.

Le I want to say now. Le I want to

say now.

So as a very general rule,

in English we use say with direct objects

emphasizing what it is that we're saying.

And we use tell with indirect objects emphasizing who it is that we're saying. And we use tell with indirect objects, emphasizing who it is that we're

telling something. In Spanish, both of these verbs translate as,

the participle of desir is dico. For example, they haven't said it.

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